There are couple of new additions to the cash call list Betaville has been running over the last few weeks. They are: equipment rental company Ashtead and Stagecoach, the bus and rail operator. Below is the updated list:

If Betaville had a pound for every time an analyst, banker or portfolio manager talked up the possibility of Sir Brian Souter taking the bus and rail company he founded, Stagecoach, private I would definately be richer than I am now (well, to be honest that wouldn't be too hard to achieve)...